Driving mechanism for dyeing machines



April 17, 1934. 1 E PETERSON 1,955,605

DRIVING MECHANISM FOR DYEING MACHINES f y."/I 1 INVENTOR,

John/f. Pearson,

BY H/l ATTORNE l & I

April 17, 1934. J, E, PETERSON 1,955,605

I DRIVING MECHANISM FOR DYEING MACHINES Filed June 11, 1931z'sheetS-sheet 2 lNvENToR,

Jahn f. Paterson,

BY /f/J ATTORN v l k Patented Apr. 17, 1934 rss TENT CFE' DRIVINGMECHANISM FR DYEING MACHINES Application June 11, 1931, Serial No.543,564

1 Claim.

In dyeing and the like machines of the class employing reels to advancethe material being treated through the liquor the reel has one of itsaxial supports (as one end of an axial shaft of the reel) journaled in apermanently located horizontal bearing but the other end is journaled inthe bearing of a housing upstanding from a horizontal platform which isadjustable on a horizontal axis crossing that of the reel at rightangles thereto so that it is possible to bring the second bearing intotrue axial alinement with the rst, said housing containing gearingbetween the second axial support of the reel and the shaft of a motorcarried by the platform. The fault of this construction is that in time,if the alinement is initially true it is possible for the second bearingto assume more or less angular relation to the rst as an incident notonly of use of the machine but principally because the first bearing andsaid platform are carried by standards bolted to the sides of the woodenliquor vat or tub of the machine and due to the warping of these sidesthe standards do not retain their original position; if, therefore,readjustment of said platform to re-aline the bearings is neglected, orif it is not perfectly effected in the rst instance, the

reel binds in its bearings and does not run freely or uniformly, withconsequent injury to the bearings and a waste of power to drive thereel. One

object of this invention is to avoid this fault.

Another object is to provide for supporting the motor independently ofthe housing and at a lower elevation, where its weight will be less of afactor in disturbing the position of the standard involved, and also sothat it may be set in proper relation to the input element of thegearing notwithstanding some possible variations in size ordiscrepancies in the form of the motor base.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of so much of a dyeingmachine as directly includes the present improvement; and

Fig. 2 is a section on substantially line 2 2, Fig. 1, showing the motorin side elevation.

Axed to the wooden sides of the vat 1 are, as usual, the mentionedstandards 3-4, a fragment only of standard 4 appearing in Fig. 1. 5designates the reel and 6-6a its axial supports. The upper end of thestandard 4 has, it will be understood without detailed illustration, asuitable bearing for the axial support 6a. The upper end of the standard3 is formed with a housing 7 in which are spaced bearings 9 for a sleeve10 which has its bore 10a tapered from both ends and receiving the axialsupport 6; this sleeve is kept from longitudinal displacement in thebearings by flanges 10b, one of which may be screwed thereon as shown.The inner end of the sleeve is formed as a clutch, at 10c, and with thisis adapted to engage a clutch member 11 splined on 60 the axial portion5 and having connected therewith a lever 12 fulcrumed in the housing andprotruding therefrom to alford a handle for operating it. On the sleeve,between the bearings, is fixed a worm-wheel 13, whereby, as will appear,the reel is driven. lThus, while the driving power is desirably appliedto rotate the reel between the bearings 9 for the sleeve, the sleeveneed not have its axis perfectly alined with that of the reel but mayassume, either initially or in use of the machine, some more or lessangular relation thereto without resulting in any binding or cramping orundue wear of the parts when the reel is being driven. Engaged with thewormwheel is a worm 14 journaled in the housing vertically and havingits lower end depending therefrom.

The motor is shown at l5, with its axis vertical. It is mounted, as willappear, on the side standard under the housing, which projects laterallysomewhat. Since the weight of the motor is assumed by the standard at alower elevation than heretofore and also inward thereof, as will appearit acts with less force to tend to tilt the standard. Its shaft 16projects upwardly and is coupled to the depending end of the worm at 17.In order to bring the elements of the coupling together and obtain truealinement of the motor shaft and worm and also to impose the weight ofthe motor to best advantage on the standard 3 the motor is connectedwith said standard as follows: The motor has a base consisting (here) offour feet 18. This base extends parallel with the motor shaft. Thestandard forms a fixed support and on this is supported, flanking thesame, an upright intermediary support for the motor consisting here of apair of plates i9 provided with vertical slots 20 receiving screws 2lscrewed into the motor base and by which the motor is clamped to thisintermediary support. The intermediary support is shiftable on the xedsupport in a path toward and from the same and also horizontally andcrosswise of said path. To this end one of the supports (here theintermediary support) includes horizontal studs 22 received inhorizontal slots 23 in spaced cross-bars 24 of the fixed support andprovided with clamping nuts 25. The motor extends through the openingbetween the cross-bars. The adjustments thus possible-the motor on theintermediary support and such support on the xed support, asdescribedmake it possible to bring the elements of the coupling 17 intoproper relation to each other. To reinforce the studs 22 against theWeight of the motor set-screws 26 tapped into the standard and bearingupwardly against the plates may be employed.

Having thus fully described my invention What claim is:

The combination of a fixed upright support having an openingtherethrough from one to the opposite upright side thereof, anintermediary support arranged at one side of the xed sli-p-v port andbridging the opening, horizontal studs on the xed support carrying theintermediary lili()

